Новости за 13.08.2017

(ATTN: ADDS comments throughout) SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- Host South Korea and Tunisia played to a draw to open an international men's handball competition in Seoul on Sunday. The teams ended up deadlocked at 28-28 in the first match of the 12th

(ATTN: UPDATES his arrival in Seoul in para 2; ADDS details in last para) SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) this week to discuss the bilateral defense alliance,

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- Host South Korea and Tunisia played to a draw to open an international men's handball competition in Seoul on Sunday. The teams ended up deadlocked at 28-28 in the first match of the 12th Seoul Cup Handball at SK Olympic

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's interior minister and top police officials apologized Sunday for bickering inside police leadership surrounding an deleted online post that extolled the pro-democracy movement in Gwangju, the home of the 1980 up

(ATTN: ADDS updates after movie, photo) SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in on Sunday watched "A Taxi Driver," a movie about the 1980 pro-democracy uprising in Gwangju at a local movie theater in Seoul. The movie released this month

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is considering all measures to defuse tensions with North Korea and will leave the door open for dialogue, the country's vice unification minister said Sunday. Chun Hae-sung made the remark as tensions between

SEONGJU, South Korea, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- Local residents and activists campaigning against the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system said Sunday they will not accept the outcome of a government survey that ruled out the possibility of

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc.'s upcoming smartphone, the LG V30, is expected to allow users to enjoy FM radio broadcasting services, industry sources said Sunday. The South Korean tech giant joined ties with the U.S. NextRadio appl

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in on Sunday watched "A Taxi Driver," a movie about the 1980 pro-democracy uprising in Gwangju at a local movie theater in Seoul. The movie released this month is based on the true story of a Korean ta

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- Los Angeles Dodgers' Ryu Hyun-jin has taken a no-decision after throwing his worst outing in two months. The South Korean left-hander allowed three runs on seven hits in five innings against the San Diego Padres at Dodger

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- Former German Olympic bobsleigh champion Andre Lange was named a coach for the South Korean national luge team Sunday. The Korea Luge Federation said Lange, 44, will join the team in October in preparations for the 2018 P

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) this week to discuss the bilateral defense alliance, and North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, the presidential office sai

SEJONG, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's corporate watchdog said Sunday that it will introduce a punitive damages system to the local distribution industry as part of its efforts to root out unfair business practices and strengthen consumer protection

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korea lashed out at South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Sunday over his recent telephone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. Moon and Trump agreed on the need for maximum pressure on Pyongyang on Monday (Seou

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc. said Sunday it installed the world's largest organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display signage in the United Arab Emirates, recognized by the Guinness World Records. The South Korean company said the

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- The U.S.-based pharmaceutical company Biogen Inc. has launched a branch in South Korea, industry sources said Sunday, as it takes steps to tap deeper into the local market. According to the sources, the U.S. firm, which p

SEOUL Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Sunday it sold around 5,000 units of the portable edition of its artificial intelligence (AI) device NUGU on the first day of release. The mobile carrier said the sales

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- Lotte Department Store, the country's leading retailer, said Sunday it will open prayer rooms for Muslims at its store in Seoul this week as it steps up efforts to attract more tourists from the Middle East and Southeast Asia

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- The market value of firms affiliated with South Korea's top 10 conglomerates has tumbled more than 5 percent over the past 10 days due to the escalating standoff between the United States and North Korea over Pyongyang's nucl

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean carmakers posted lackluster profitability over the first half of 2017, industry data showed Sunday, falling far behind major overseas rivals. Top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co.'s first-half operating margin was 5

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- Escalating geopolitical risks surrounding North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs have caused gold prices to soar in South Korea and led to a surge in trade in the precious metal, the local exchange said Sunday.

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- Sales of ice cream products in South Korea fell sharply over the past years, industry data showed Sunday, apparently as a rising number of consumers opted for other desserts, including coffee. According to the data compil

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's low-cost carriers (LCCs) enjoyed improved earnings over the first half of 2017, data showed Sunday, as the firms successfully diversified routes amid the diplomatic row with China. The country's six LCCs saw

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean securities companies have cut their estimates of third-quarter earnings for major listed companies amid investor sentiment battered by growing geopolitical risks on the Korean Peninsula, a market tracker said Sun

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Sunday. Temperature (C) Condition Possibility High/Low of Rain (%)